Marissa DeVault hammer-killing case: Timeline of events

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Marissa DeVault, 36, who is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Dale Harrell, her husband.

Prosecutors want to send her to death row for the 2009 killing. Harrell was beaten over the head with a hammer while he was sleeping in his Gilbert home. He later died from his injuries.

DeVault (pronounced De-Vwa) does not deny the killing. She claims it was in self-defense. Prosecutors say she did it to collect on an insurance policy she had taken out on her husband. Every side of the story — and there are more than two sides — paints its source as the victim.

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